Dominoes...

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:32 pm

M2 wrote:AA (who is a good but not great DL)

Funny thing -- after they reported Armstead's comm it in the fishwrap, in the comments section after the article, a frequent poster who's a transplant from SEC Land commented something like:

"Wait... a PAC school is taking their biggest fastest athlete and switching him to defense? Did you guys join the SEC or something? You guys might win a championship yet, by following the formula that's proven to work."

Something like that, anyway. Usually goes the other way (see 5 Star local Colt Lyerla... who should be at LB, not TE -- but the NFL is chalk-full of Oregon TEs... LBs, not so much).

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:35 pm

And with the additions of Florida recruits Nelson Agholor and Leonard Williams USC has now risen to a 4.07 average star rating and rivals' #7 ranking, and they're still in the running for three more five-stars.

Cal? A wet fart in an elevator. They've signed no one of note today, on their way to falling all the way to 30th. Yep, 30th...sixth in the Pac 12.

DOMINOES!!

Jsc, what was that quote of M2's you were saving for future reference?

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:44 pm

Stanford lands Andrus Peat who, none too surprisingly, speaks and represents himself very well. Yeah, in terms of O-Line recruits, it's been nothing but USC and Stanford in the Pac 12. Cal? Not even a blip on the radar.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:54 pm

If Armstead ends up at DE, we'll have bookends with 4 star Alex Balducci (sorry, Toejam, for signing a local). Sure the hell need the help on D-line.

Balducci got several offers, and took exactly one visit. Nice to not have the good in-staters leave... although lost a good QB to... Penn. Fuggin rich kids. Still pissed off at Suh.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:58 pm

Van wrote:Yeah, in terms of O-Line recruits, it's been nothing but USC and Stanford in the Pac 12. Cal? Not even a blip on the radar.

Weak class for Oregon so far. I'd be shitting M2s, except we stacked up deep with redshirt studs last year... thank goodness.

Every TE in the country seems to want to play at the Tight End Factory. "Stole" 4-star Evan Baylis from Colorado... nice.

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:07 pm

Not every TE, considering the fact that USC landed the #1 TE in the country, 6'5", 250 lb Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick.

USC also landed the #1 FB in the country, Jahleel Pinner. The funny thing there is that despite Pinner being the top prospect at his position, he's still only a three-star. He's one of only two USC three-stars, and he's #1 in the country?

No one wants to play fullback.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:11 pm

What's a "fullback"?

Sin,
Chip Kelly

Dante Rosario (also an in-stater, sorry Toejam) started at FB. When they switched to spread-option, he moved to TE... which he now playson Sundays (one of at least 3 QQMF TEs who played in the playoffs this season).

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:17 pm

Van wrote:Yeah, in terms of O-Line recruits, it's been nothing but USC and Stanford in the Pac 12. Cal? Not even a blip on the radar.

Oregon did score Howie Long's lesser kid at OL.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:23 pm

Dwayne Stanford, 4 star WR, all 6'5 of him, signed out of Cincinnati, OH... even though Meyer made a big run at him.

The reason for Oregon... listen up, ASSHOLES... he took his initial interest... because he liked the uniforms.Not the only guy to say so, either.

I guess it worked.

Although 4 star WRs seem to be a dime-a-dozen in this class.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:32 pm

M2 wrote:
There's a good chance... Cal may flip the #2 LB in the country tomorrow from Florida State.

Stay tuned.

How'd that work out?

Eligwe committed to...

FSU

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:55 pm

Read on a local site:

"I was tracking Oregon's recruits on Rivals.com and decided to pop over and check the Beavers. I got the following message:

The selected team does not have a football program. Select a different team from the menu above, or use the provided link to switch to basketball."

The fishwrap commenters wage the Civil War 365 days a year... awesome.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:02 pm

Van wrote:And with the additions of Florida recruits Nelson Agholor

I think you're going to really enjoy watching this kid play for your team.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:04 pm

Per Rivals:

Oregon moved up to #11

Kal dropped to #7... in the PAC.

Laxplayer · Post by **Laxplayer** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:23 pm

where is the stool sample? Adams and Payton were for sure Cal commits now they're both at UCLA. I actually thought you knew WTF you were talking about......Nah..........anytim you type something there's a good amount of :bode:

that you'll be wrong. You're too fucking stupid to even realize it. Maybe you'll have a top 10 class in the Pac 12.

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:48 pm

He's not gay, he's ghetto. Gotta worry about the maturity/character of a kid who would base his decision on liking someone's unis, much less Oregon's unis.

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:52 pm

Dins, Rivals is currently showing Oregon at #15, not #11. You're correct about Cal, though. They even fell below Utah!

Seventh in the Pac 12! THAT...IS...FUCKING...AWESOME!

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:59 pm

On a much less interesting note -- FCS Big Sky Portland State is going the fuck off today. Without checking, I believe they pulled a 4-star.

Scooped some (if not most) of the Portland-area talent away from Oregon and OS (and Udub and Wazzu). They've signed 10 Portland-area kids, 13 Oregonians... a couple of them are pretty good. A lot of the Portland guys opt to stay home, and either live downtown, or stay with Ma and Pa. I think if it was me, and someone was paying my room and board, I don't think I'd choose a commuter shool... but no one asked me.

Watch out, Montana schools, they're coming. Ever since Nigel Burton replaced Glanville, things are changing quickly in the Park Blocks.

No reason Portland State shouldn't dominate the FCS -- it's the biggest school in the state (not Oregon or OS), and I believe is the biggest FCS school. High-end academics (especially for engineering students), and it's not just an urban campus, it's smack-dab downtown with some serious nightlife. Should be a mecca for second-tier athletes.

And therein lies the rub -- a 35 year old coach who can pull 4-stars to a FCS school and recruit his ass off probably isn't long for FCS, and the $150K salary that comes with it. His quick turnaroud there is going to net him a bigtime job, sooner than later (Chip's replacement, should he move on?).

Laxplayer · Post by **Laxplayer** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:48 pm

Like I said earlier. Cal will be lucky to get a top 10 class for their conference.

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:07 pm

Stanford signs Kyle Murphy, giving them two five-star O-Lineman to match the two USC landed.

So, apparently having strong academics doesn't preclude landing top-shelf talent. This may be the strongest recruiting class Stanford has ever managed.

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:06 pm

Holy crap, Stanford just signed Aziz Shittu, a five-star D-Lineman. That gives them three five-stars—as many as USC, Bama, Florida St or any other team in the country—and now they're all the way up to #5 in the overall rankings.

Stanford?!

Looks like M2 was close. He just had the wrong Bay Area team.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:14 pm

Van wrote:He's not gay, he's ghetto. Gotta worry about the maturity/character of a kid who would base his decision on liking someone's unis, much less Oregon's unis.

Intelligent, well mannered, well spoken.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:17 pm

Next year -- will it hurt recruiting to have Howie Long and Tony Dungy show up for a couple of games?

Probably not.

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:21 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Van wrote:He's not gay, he's ghetto. Gotta worry about the maturity/character of a kid who would base his decision on liking someone's unis, much less Oregon's unis.
Intelligent, well mannered, well spoken.

You said he chose Oregon because of their unis, which makes him absolutely, certifiably, undeniably...

GHETTO!!

<------ not quite flourescent Oregon green

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:25 pm

So, M2 was saying last night that he'd see me here tonight, with the Pac 12 recruiting championship in hand.

Even for M2, this has to suck major "golden" balls.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:33 pm

Yes, nothing exudes ghetto-cred like moving to Eugene.

Speaking of next year, Oregon has the first 5 star 2013 commit (have for about 3 months).

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/foot ... ner-117565

Shouldn't lose him before then, I wouldn't think. Pretty much a bigger version of DAT.

Stanford has the line, but I doubt they'll have the skill position players to compete with Oregon or USC in the coming ears... but I supposewe should go ahead and play the games anyway... assuming Kal's defensive front maulers doesn't incapacitate Oregon's and USC's skill players.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:38 pm

My impression of Signing Day so far...

the rich get richer.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:48 pm

George Farmer is a bigger and faster version of DAT

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:51 pm

Van wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:
Van wrote:He's not gay, he's ghetto. Gotta worry about the maturity/character of a kid who would base his decision on liking someone's unis, much less Oregon's unis.
Intelligent, well mannered, well spoken.
You said he chose Oregon because of their unis, which makes him absolutely, certifiably, undeniably...

GHETTO!!

<------ not quite flourescent Oregon green

What was classic was the Armstead's saying that Academics were important to them for Arik and then Arik goes to the worst academic school on his list.

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:04 am

Dinsdale wrote:Next year -- will it hurt recruiting to have Howie Long and Tony Dungy show up for a couple of games?

Probably not.

Well, we'll have P-Diddy and what's his name...Jerry Rice or other....and that dude that shouts "playoffs" in commercials hanging around....wonder if Jerry Neuheisel's dad will drop by....

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:25 am

Shmick, maybe Armstead was telling the truth, and you misunderstood his meaning.

"Academics are very important to me...easy academics. Oregon, here I come!"

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:35 am

SoCalTrjn wrote:What was classic was the Armstead's saying that Academics were important to them for Arik and then Arik goes to the worst academic school on his list.

Nice work, tard.

Armstead wants to major in sports marketing.

Hmm... I wonder which school in the entire freaking country is best for sports marketing?

Dumbass.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:37 am

SoCalTrjn wrote:George Farmer is a bigger and faster version of DAT

DAT gets good grades.

Another FAIL.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:40 am

Van wrote:Shmick, maybe Armstead was telling the truth, and you misunderstood his meaning.

"Academics are very important to me...easy academics. Oregon, here I come!"

From USC fan?

Really?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:45 am

The Seer wrote:
Well, we'll have P-Diddy and what's his name...Jerry Rice or other....and that dude that shouts "playoffs" in commercials hanging around....wonder if Jerry Neuheisel's dad will drop by....

We'll have Snoop around, too... oh, joy. He spends a good bit of time in Oregon before the DAT arrival, anyway (something about his drug cartel being based here, or something).

I kinda laughed at the Mora hire.

Not laughing anymore. He's doing a great job, albeit before coaching a game. UCLA should be pulling studs on a regular basis.

PAC ain't fucking around the last couple of years... funny how money does that.

The influx of TV money doesn't seem to be hurting anyone's cause (OS got raped like Kal, though, for the exact same reason, Sark poaching recruiters at the last minute).

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:04 am

Yeah, it would be really kool if these recruiters can also coach 'em up....

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:12 am

Speaking of money, did anyone else here see that ESPN piece on college recruiting budgets? Any guesses as to which region of the country far and away allocates the most money towards recruiting?

It's truly rather disturbing and even a little sickening, the degree to which the SEC and the University of Texas prioritize football over all other things. The salaries of their coaches, the insane TV contracts, the oversigning/assfucking of every loophole possible, the willingness to trot out onto the field the dumbest of the dumb mercenaries...all in the name of winning 'amateur' football games.

Get a grip, people. This shit really isn't all that important.

Except for shithammering Cal. That's important.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:18 am

Van wrote: Get a grip, people. This shit really isn't all that important.

Sin,
Some Dude Posting On A CFB Board In February

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:31 am

That's because I'm pushing to make sure "Dominoes..." gets archived. M2's insipid genius must be immortalized.

And where he is, anyway?

:)

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:42 am

Sudden Sam wrote:Bama's top-rated class

Fucking ENOUGH already.

Gee, when you oversign like a POS, you get more "points"? Really, Einstein?

Take a look -- if you look at teams who actually... I dunno... PLAYED BY THE RULES and had some sort of ethics, USC and Stanford clowned Bama.

Of course, if USC had played by the rules a couplefew years ago, they would have run away with the #1 ranking.

I thought the SEC passed a rule against that shit, but the NCAA also passed rules about enticing recruits by offering girlfriends jobs and shit.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:47 am

Did you happen to catch Andrus Peat's announcement? That's how it ought to be.

I'm seriously tempted to root for Stanford. Amid a college football world driven by avarice and rife with look-at-meeeeee braindead thuggery, they're an absolute breath of fresh air.